A Path of Nature's Baby Quilt

Ohh, when I saw my Zumba instructor's pictures of her SIL baby shower, I knew I wanted to create a baby quilt for her. I asked her what colors she would like and she told me...brown and mint green. This is what I came up with. It really didn't take me that long to do, but the quilting did. When I took it to my zumba class one night, my instructor was amazed how beautiful it was. She was even impressed with the label I had made for the back of the quilt too. I love making things for my friends who appreciate them. I used 100% high quality cotton from Hancock Fabrics.

The Horrible Tornado

WOW! It's been quite some time again, so sorry if you are following me. It has been a bit hectic around my neck of the woods. We've had tornados, high winds, and just HOT! The lake down the road from us really got hit hard, and the peoples boats that were out there...just devasting! It's amazing that mother nature could wipe out a whole town in less than 5 minutes. It's horrible! Lots of damages, a few deaths, and people starting over. Here are a few pictures of what the marina looked like before and after the tornado. Pretty awful!

ZUMBA!!!

WOW! I am so addicted to this Latin Dance exercise. My friend invited me with her to her class one day at our local YMCA. I was shy at first because I really didnt know what it was and thought people would look at me. I had a BLAST! The people in the class really dont have time to look to see if you are doing it right or wrong because they are busy concentrating on themselves watching the instructor. Anyhow, I have been doing it everyday of the week for one solid hour. Look here for an example from youtube you can get an idea of what the dance, exercise looks like. Or you can practice some basic steps before you head out to your first class. That's what I did. You can also find some locations in your area...some cost, some are free. Just go to the Zumba site here. The ones I found which I truely love are FREE. There's alot of variations in styles that each instructor has, just follow their steps. I love the instructors too. WOW! It's a great exercise, meet new friends, and burning calories is a good thing right. Lots of sweating. I have done one Zumbathon too. Really, really fun...you ought to try it!

A Little about Life

Well, its been very busy with me lately...I know, excuses...excuses, right? No really, it has. Our quilts for our church auction went really well and we are happy with the results of the money we got for them. The quilt I made with the OU SOONERS here went for $110 here and the Homespun Country Plaid here went for $75. Our Childrens Auction raised about $14,500. This is to help kids get go to summer camps and upgrading. We just love our church.

I have been having these lower back pains and discomfort for 3 years now due to a fall that happened. Well, I was actually lifting heavy things into the attic and lost my balance, but I didnt fall that day. A week later is when I collasped. Long story, so I will keep this short. Been on meds for pain, therapy, and had a couple of MRI's done until 2 weeks ago. I have the L3 and L4 discs that are herinated. The
L5 disc is bulging. My Sectrom in the tailbone called the S1 is torn. They are going to give me some injections to see if this will take of the problem. If it doesn't work, they'll go to the next level. I still have pain when I sit or stand too long, but I can tolerate it. My appointment to get this done is next week. Prayers welcome!

Just wanted to let you know that I am doing ok and hoping to get back into my studio to create more things.

Have a great day!

Boomer Sooner Tote Bag

When we moved here to Norman Oklahoma, we kept seeing things with OU on them...I mean it was from bumper stickers, license plates, t-shirts, and etc. We realized later that we lived just by the university. So the Sooners kinda grew on us. Anyways, it seems that my sister Connie has been going crazy on making tote bags for people. You can see her blog here She can barely keep up with her orders. So I decided to give it a try. I just finished making an OU Boomer Sooner queen size quilt for our childrens Ministry auction at church, so I thought of using the leftover materials from that. I followed the tutorial from Moda Bake Shop found here. Please see locate the tutorial under "Recipes" and click Bags and Totes. My tote bag came out a little smaller than theres, because I used the squares from the left over materials from the quilt I just made. Still worked out the same! I added my own style pocket to the inside by using interfacing on a piece of scrap material. I used a zig zag stitch for 2 columns, and my pockets have 3 sections. I used the simple machine stitch to make the "x's" on the bag. I really had a fun making this tote bag.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by.

Supplies: 100% warm and natural batting, 100% cotton fabrics (Hobby Lobby), interfacing

YAY! My OU Quilt is Finished!

Whew! It's been awhile I know, same ole story, right? Well, I have been trying to get this quilt done for our Childrens Ministry Auction. My kids made a quilt also (see the post below mine). Anyhow, it did take me awhile to decide on a pattern so I went with an OU Sooners quilt. We live in the city of the BOOMER SOONERS and I said, Why not? So, I went with it. I hope our quilts bring in the money that will provide kids to go to summer camps. I made this quilt by doing the 9 patch blocks. It is a queen size. You should of seen what I had to go through to layout the pieces in my studio, my goodness. Yes, I prewashed all fabrics first (just in case the red would bleed)...worked out great I think. I did the machine quilting for the "x's" to make it easier on me and washed the quilt when it was finished. I added a label to the back also. Hope you like it! Thanks for dropping by!

Kids Auction Quilt

I'm sorry that I haven't been keeping a good update on my blog. Things will start to settle down and I will be able to manage it better. Over Spring Break last year, I taught my boys how to sew. They have been making pillows, mini quilts, and etc since then. My boys wanted to make a quilt for our Children's Ministry Auction at our church. I was making one but they wanted to make one of their own. This is how they planned their quilt. I bought 2 sewing machines for each of my boys to sew use (good idea, no arguments), anyhow, they grabbed a bunch of my 6 inch homespun blocks (I already had cut them to size prior to another quilt I made) worked perfectly. They each grabbed blocks and rearranged them on the floor and then picked up a row of blocks that equal 10. They each had sewn a row of blocks each...worked faster because it was TEAM WORK going for a great cause. As the quilt got bigger with adding borders, that's where mom came in. I helped them stitch the sandwich part of the quilt together, and did a little bit of the stitching on the top. I think the quilt and the blocks came together well. The Pastors at our church love what they did and thought they were very nice to contribute their time with such amazing talent. I made a label for the back of the quilt and they signed it with their names and ages. We also put additional information on the label for which the quilt was made for and etc. Have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by!

Supplies: 100% cotton batting and Homespun fabrics